Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 407 Testing the Flying Motorbike

Actually, many things in the West are just routines.

For example, there's a viewpoint circulating in London newspapers right now.

That means these loss-making state-owned enterprises are wasting taxpayers' money!

It would be better to sell off these loss-making state-owned oil companies.

Furthermore, news reports indicate that the losses of these state-owned enterprises are entirely due to political corruption!

The Iron Lady was a proponent of privatization!

These London citizens also supported privatization.

Because these companies are all losing money, which means they are losing taxpayers' money.

For ordinary people in the West, they are more pragmatic.

Regardless of whether it's a century-old brand or not!
A century-old brand that keeps losing money is better off gone.

Of course, this is also what politicians hope for.

Later, politicians in some countries took it to a more sophisticated level.

They can turn a profitable company into a loss-making one, and then sell it at a low price to their cronies.

There were even some heads of state-owned enterprises who turned profitable companies into loss-making ones, and then privatized them through connections.

Because the heads of these state-owned enterprises have taken advantage of the government.

Unless the government continues to subsidize it, it will have to be dealt with sooner or later.

This was also a long period of time during which state-owned enterprises were privatized by management.

It was actually these managers who ruined the factory.

After these managers privatized the company, it quickly turned a profit.

These people even boasted that this was all thanks to privatization!
Local politicians also gained political achievements and got rid of their burdens.

In fact, this is a means by which these people siphon off state-owned assets.

Therefore, some successful entrepreneurs were criticized by the vast majority of netizens in the later Internet era.

Because later netizens learned about this trick.

Therefore, when Li Song saw these news reports, he knew what these politicians were planning to do.

This was a good thing for Li Songtai, as he was able to acquire a London car brand at a low price.

The fees paid to those politicians or advisors should not be reduced by a single penny.

Although Li Song hated those who embezzled state-owned assets.

However, they feel quite pleased to plunder other people's state-owned assets.

Therefore, when it comes to plundering state-owned assets, foreign countries are also masters.

Moreover, concepts like limited liability companies, Cayman Islands registration, and bankruptcy were all first introduced by foreign capitalists.

In the past, businessmen in China valued integrity highly. Even if they lost money, they would go bankrupt to pay back the debts they owed.

But the capitalist society is different; they set up limited liability companies.

Even if the company goes bankrupt, it will have nothing to do with the boss.

Even later, all the companies were operating with debt.

In other words, the boss distributed all the money he could get, keeping the rest in his own pocket for the safest option.

Even if the company goes bankrupt later, the money that the boss received in the early stages cannot be used to pay off debts.

The newspapers focused more on Jiahe's celebration party last night.

Before Li Song had finished reading the newspaper, he received a call from Nick.

“Mr. Li, we need your help!” Li Song heard Nick say as soon as he picked up the phone.

"Mr. Nick?" Li Song asked, feigning confusion.
Because both Li Song and Nick knew that their conversation was likely being monitored.

Therefore, when the two talk on the phone, they won't say anything sensitive.

Moreover, the two had already discussed it beforehand.

"The crowdfunding club is facing huge trouble!"

"The crowdfunding club is preparing to launch a global tender for yachts."

"Our crowdfunding club still hopes for high-performance, cost-effective products similar to the Panda Aircraft!"

"The proposal submitted by Xiaobenzi was rejected by the review committee of our crowdfunding club!"

"Then we went through several rounds of negotiations but still couldn't reach an agreement!"

"Therefore, our crowdfunding club has decided to open a global bidding process!"

"We hope that Mr. Li can participate in this bidding process," Nick explained the situation over the phone.

After hearing this, Li Song refused outright: "I'm sorry, the Panda plane made me lose a lot of money last time!"

"I've also learned about it. I think the solution provided by the Little Benzi Boat Association is already cost-effective enough!" Li Song is still pretending to speak well of the Little Benzi.

"I know their solutions are much cheaper than the yachts currently on the market!"

"Our club's management had unanimously approved it, but the review committee rejected it repeatedly!"

"The review committee is a review body composed of random members within our organization, and its main function is to review crowdfunding products."

"So now our management has no way to force this product forward."

“After all, these are members; they pay for the products themselves,” Nick explained hypocritically.

When the people who were monitoring Li Song and Nick's phone calls heard this, they didn't realize that Nick and Li Song were putting on an act and both of them were distancing themselves from the situation.

And Nick is also shirking his responsibility!

The review committee is basically just a scapegoat.

Many review committees have this function.

The reason the review committee didn't approve it was largely because they hadn't pulled any strings.

Once the connections are established, the review committee has absolutely no right to veto a proposal.

Just look at how outrageous the prices are in many government or military procurements in Europe and America, and you'll see that so-called oversight is really nothing special.

Later, a president discovered that the soldiers were drinking bottled water that was flown in by plane.

So they sent an investigation team to investigate.

Then the helicopter carrying the investigation team was shot down by militants.

Since then, the president has stopped getting involved in this matter.

Because the president knew that if he continued to ask, he would be ripped off.

The conversation between Li Song and Nick shifted the blame to the judging committee.

“Mr. Li, our management believes that only you can provide us with high-quality, cost-effective products right now,” Nick said again.

"I'm sorry, I can't afford to lose money anymore!"

"Besides, I don't own any yacht manufacturing factories," Li Song continued, feigning refusal.

"The Panda plane is manufactured at the BMW factory," Nick said on the phone, still determined to continue.

"I'm sorry, the car factory is currently overwhelmed with orders and simply doesn't have the capacity to produce any other products!"

"And I can't possibly provide you with goods at a loss again."

"Moreover, because of the Panda Aircraft incident, I am still under anti-monopoly investigation and anti-dumping investigation."

"I not only lost money with Panda Airplanes, but I've also gotten myself into big trouble!" "I don't want to do this kind of unprofitable business again; I'm a businessman too!"

"Besides, I think the notebook's plan is already very good, you can reconsider it!" Li Song has no intention of agreeing to Nick's request now!

Of course, Nick knew that Li Song wouldn't agree now, and after hearing these words, he sighed and said, "Alright then!"

Nick had already made preparations, since no one actually came to the bidding process.

There are indeed quite a few countries in the world that can manufacture yachts, including Europe and North America!
However, companies in these countries cannot sell yachts at a loss.

Even selling at cost price is unacceptable, let alone at a loss!
The terms offered by the small business were already considered unprofitable by these companies.

So if the little book is done, then the only thing it can do is to leave certain Eastern countries to do it.

Don't underestimate the power of a yacht.

It also requires a certain level of industrialization in the entire country to manufacture.

Because yachts are designed to be different from those small fishing boats!
Yacht design requires stability, resistance to wind and waves, high performance, and safety.

Many countries lack even the capability to design yachts, let alone manufacture them.

Moreover, the crowdfunding club's orders this time are estimated to be tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands.

Such a large number of yachts is beyond the capacity of most companies to handle.

Therefore, the crowdfunding club's first bidding was destined to end in failure.

Li Song did this simply to raise the bar for the crowdfunding club's bidding process.

Because the bidding standards proposed by crowdfunding clubs are quite stringent.

This is like an auction.

However, the price will be lower after an auction fails to attract any bidders, while the price will be higher if no one participates in this type of tender.

This time, Li Song was there to make money.

The senior management of the crowdfunding club also had a tacit understanding with Li Song.

It was Li Song's previous order for 50,000 Panda aircraft that made the crowdfunding club a super club.

This gave the club's top management considerable influence.

Li Song naturally wants to get more returns from the crowdfunding club.

In fact, the prices offered by crowdfunding clubs now are enough to make a profit on yachts manufactured in mainland China!
But Li Song wanted to earn more.

There are also some legal issues!

We should also get the crowdfunding club to take over this matter when the time comes.

However, the crowdfunding club appears to be a loosely organized entity.

If management were to proactively propose raising prices or other conditions now, what would the other club members think?
So the crowdfunding club's management and Li Song were putting on a show.

On the one hand, it allows Li Song to earn more money, laying the foundation for future cooperation!

Another thing is to confuse the little notebook.

If Li Song weren't afraid of the little notebook, but instead directly participated in the bidding, the little notebook wouldn't be able to swallow this insult and would definitely start spouting nonsense.

If Li Song were to bid now, many people abroad would believe the nonsense spouted by the Japanese!
However, according to the current plan, Li Song has been cleared of all suspicion.

Even if the notebook is full of nonsense, no one will believe it.

In other words, we're going to make the little notebook suffer a loss in silence!
"I wonder how the flying motorcycle test is going on in the mainland?" Li Song knew that with the current industrial technology in China, manufacturing such a flying motorcycle was not a problem at all.

The most crucial and challenging aspect of the Flying Motorbike, and the most difficult to manufacture, is its high-precision inertial guidance system.

The higher the precision of this inertial guidance, the higher the accuracy of the entire flying motorcycle's strike.

Moreover, the technology that Li Song presented included inertial guidance and radio positioning systems!
Furthermore, a series of issues must be considered in actual combat, such as flight altitude!
Because of current radio positioning systems and inertial guidance systems, it is very difficult to fly at extremely low altitudes, especially in areas with complex terrain.

If it is a plain, flying at extremely low altitudes is perfectly fine.

The flying scooter has many more functions than you can imagine.

It not only has an image recognition system, but also a global positioning system, a ground adaptive system, an active radar system, and so on.

In other words, even in complex mountainous areas, the ground adaptive system can enable the flying scooter to fly at a certain altitude above the ground!
Of course, if the flying motorcycle were to evolve into a drone, there would be even more models.

Stealth drones, stealth bombers, and so on!
"Time feels like it's moving too slowly!" Li Song still had some good things in his hands, which he would only take out after the Fat Bear military exercise.

Then we'll fill the last gap in our military strength: bombers!
While Li Song was thinking about it.

Leaders in mainland China are also keeping an eye on the Flying Motorbike, because its performance data is simply too incredible.

Although experts have verified the authenticity and reliability of this data, and it is impossible for Li Song to use fake information to deceive everyone.

Li Song's reputation is absolutely top-notch.

After all, Li Song has already brought out a lot of good stuff, so there's no need for him to fake it.

However, some things are hard to believe unless you see them with your own eyes.

With the attention of leaders, the relevant experimental manufacturing process was carried out very quickly.

Inertial guidance can be achieved using the inertial guidance system of a missile.

Thanks to the urgent efforts of relevant research institutions, several prototypes were quickly manufactured.

Because the flying scooter is very easy to manufacture.

The Flying Motorbike uses a 50cc motorcycle engine.

Although the inertial guidance system uses the same guidance system as missiles, there are some differences because missiles now follow a parabolic trajectory.

The remaining issue is radio positioning, which is even less of a challenge, since aircraft used radio positioning before radar became widespread.

In addition, many commercial airliners still use radio positioning systems.

These technologies are all very mature, so the samples can be produced very quickly.

The relevant research department produced five flying mini-motorcycles.

These five flying motorcycles were set at five different distances.

From 100 kilometers, 200 kilometers, 400 kilometers, 800 kilometers, 1000 kilometers.

On the one hand, it tests the actual attack range of the flying motorcycle, and on the other hand, it tests the accuracy of the attack at different distances.

Furthermore, in order to obtain a more accurate understanding of the data from this test.

The Air Force monitored the flying motorcycles throughout their entire journey.

Five flying motorcycles were transported directly to a test site in Northwest China by transport plane!

All five flying motorcycles are equipped with rocket boosters.

The rocket booster pulled five flying motorcycles into the sky at the same time.

Meanwhile, the Air Force dispatched aircraft to monitor the five flying motorcycles.

They used propeller planes because these flying scooters were too slow, and it would be a waste to use fighter jets to track them.

The flying motorcycle is slow; its flight speed in space is only 200 kilometers per hour.

The aircraft monitored the five flying motorcycles while maintaining communication with the ground.

Of course, there are also dedicated technicians on board closely monitoring the flying scooter's flight attitude.

The test vehicles were a variety of colors, mainly to clearly observe the flight attitude of the flying motorcycles.

"Thirty kilometers away."

"Target's flight attitude is normal!" The ground crew breathed a sigh of relief as they listened to the constant messages from the aircraft in the sky. If it could fly 30 kilometers, it could fly 200 kilometers, and if it could fly 200 kilometers, it could fly 1,000 kilometers.

Now we'll see how accurate the strike is!
(End of this chapter)